Students protest UPSC results at Jantar Mantar in Delhi

A group of students Sunday staged a demonstration at the capital’s Jantar Mantar protesting the Union Public Service Commission’s (UPSC) civil service exam preliminary results.

A candlelight vigil was held by the students who alleged that the results were n

Virtual classroom offers US school degree in Indian homes

Imagine securing a US high school diploma without even stepping out of your home in India! As India attempts to go international in the field of education, here is a virtual classroom straight from America.

The American International Academy, a US-based onl

Bangladesh government Will first time introduce pre-primary schooling

Hoping to catch children young and curb the drop-out rate, the Bangladesh government will for the first time introduce pre-primary education in its schools from January.

Measures have been taken to recruit 37,000 teachers in all its primary schools to harne

Now computer education compulsory in Haryana colleges

The Haryana government has made computer literacy compulsory in all its colleges from this year, a minister said Sunday.

Minister of State for Agriculture and Cooperatives Sukhbir Singh Kataria said in a statement that modern computer labs are being set up

Anti-ragging campaign launched in Delhi University

With the flagging off of a special bus, a national campaign titled ‘Bus Aur Nahin’ against ragging was launched in Delhi University (DU) Wednesday.

The bus will travel to nine cities in the country covering over 40 colleges to create awareness against raggi

92 teams participate in IGNOU quiz contest in Bangalore

A total 92 teams of two members each participated in the first-ever multi-city inter-school general quiz contest hosted by the Indira Gandhi Open University (IGNOU) here Tuesday.

Sri Kumaran’s Children Home (SKCH) comprising Milind Hegde and Vikas Kashyap b

Panjab University’s dental college faces disaffiliation

Panjab University’s Dr. Harvansh Singh Judge Institute of Dental Sciences will no longer be able to admit new students as its affiliation has been cancelled for failing to meet guidelines.

The Dental Council of India (DCI) decided to cancel the affiliation

Six AIIMS-like institutions to be registered as societies

The union cabinet Monday approved the proposal for formation of societies for each of the six All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS)-like institutions being set up at a cost of over Rs.5,040 crore ($1 billion).

“Creating legal entities i

Parliament passes bill to amend Minority Educational Institutions Act

Parliamentary approval was Thursday accorded to a bill amending the National Commission for Minority Educational Institutions Act to enable the central government decide on the status of such institutions without consulting the states.

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Panel to probe Pune students’ illegal booze party

The Symbiosis Institute of Management Studies has constituted a five-member inquiry committee to look into an illegal alcohol party that involved 489 students (254 boys and 235 girls), 80 of whom were detained by police, an official said Monday.

Scottish varsity ties up with Pune college

The Glasgow Caledonian University of Scotland and India’s Fergusson College, Pune, have agreed to develop joint curriculum for postgraduate students of various courses in life science.

The agreement is aimed at developing postgraduate and short-t

Kerala plans 140 specialized computer schools

Under its IT@School project for computer literacy among schoolchildren, Kerala will develop one model school — with five classrooms equipped with modern tools — in all its 140 assembly constituencies, an official said Sunday.

“As part of the mo

Australian kids are taught humans, dinosaurs coexisted

Primary school students in Australia are being taught that humans and dinosaurs lived together and that there is fossil evidence to prove this, even as experts term the lessons a creation of Christian fundamentalists.

Critics are calling for the

New IIITs to come up under public-private partnership

With vocational training high on the Human Resource Development Ministry’s agenda, government has decided to set up new Indian Institutes of Information Technologies under the public-private partnership (PPP) mode.

“The government of India has a

Delhi University works to enable the disabled

Delhi University is pulling out all stops to woo disabled students as it sets up dedicated buses, parking slots, scanners to convert books into the audio format, special computers, ramps and elevators.

The varsity, which opened July 21, reserved

Honour killing of research scholar alleged

Students of the Panjab University have filed a complaint with a human rights panel alleging that a 25-year-old woman, who her family said died of heart attack, was actually killed by her father and brother for their ‘honour’.

According to the com

Medical college in Kalpana Chawla’s name coming up in Karnal

Karnal town in Haryana, from where Indian-origin astronaut Kalpana Chawla hailed, will soon have a medical college in her memory.

Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda Tuesday announced that the Kalpana Chawla Medical College would be set

Explain denial of admission to girls, court asks schools

Eight girls who were refused admission by different government schools in east Delhi have moved the Delhi High Court which Tuesday asked the education department to explain why the students were turned away.

Justice Rajiv Sahai Endlaw asked the g

Now, report ragging in Himachal through SMS

In a move to check ragging-related incidents in educational institutions, the Himachal Pradesh police have extended an SMS facility whereby one can seek police assistance by sending a message.

As part of the facility, a fresher in any school or c

English test must for non-EUropean migrants who settle in Britain

The English language test announced by the British government for all non-European migrants applying to come to Britain to join or marry their settled partner will become compulsory from Nov 29 this year.

The UK Border Agency (UKBA) Monday announ